I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at IBM (Burlington, VT) in Nov 2015
Interview
I found them at a college career fair, handed them my application, and they called me up to have a phone chat. I elaborated on what my resume said and talked about the classes I was taking that semester and the next as to give them an idea of what skills I would have coming into the job. I was latter emailed a link to an hour long logic test that consisted half of multiple choice pattern matching and half of multiple choice word math problems. I felt good about the test. I was called up latter to be told I go the job and I was asked to start the on-boarding process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you okay with learning the following languages at least in part on your own before starting?
The interviewer asked typical dsa questions followed by system design. He was kind and explained the entire process. It was for one hour and the questions were medium level. System design was focused on the fundamentals
Mostly behavioral style questions across all rounds, with some technical deep dive into resume. Group style round with hiring managers and team all at once in the final round. Wasn't super difficult.
Fair. Not so difficult, everyday questions. The people were friendly. I think it would be a good place to work. I can't compare it with other interviews since this is the first one I got
Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 61% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 773 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IBM overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IBM as a Software Developer according to 773 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
One on one interview: 18%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 9%
Group panel interview: 9%
Background check: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Personality test: 7%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 2%
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